DENVER, CO - DECEMBER 08: Denver Broncos wide receiver Wes Welker (83) lays on the field after getting a concussion in the second quarter. The Denver Broncos take on the Tennessee Titans at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver on December 8, 2013.

DENVER, CO - DECEMBER 08: Denver Broncos wide receiver Wes Welker (83) after getting a concussion on a hard hit in the second quarter. The Denver Broncos take on the Tennessee Titans at Sports Authority Field at Mile High in Denver on December 8, 2013.

The Broncos could very well win the Super Bowl. Will Wes Welker remember it?

Four games ago, the Chiefs were chefs, scrambling his brains. And Sunday, Welker’s skull was crunched again, this time by a Titan. Two concussions in 22 days.

I cannot imagine wide receiver Welker playing Thursday night against San Diego — after the first concussion, he didn’t even return to practice until Friday — and the team will follow the proper protocol going forward, Denver coach John Fox asserted Monday.

I say, when this season is over, Welker should seriously reconsider his future in football. Is it worth it to keep playing? Sure, some doctors will diagnose him and say he’s OK to play. Shoot, he’ll probably play later this month. But it’s always that fear of one more hit — what will happen if he takes just one more vicious hit?

There is no blueprint of concussion repercussions — every person’s brain reacts differently after a certain amount of concussions. It’s not like it’s four concussions and you’re still cool, but five concussions and you won’t recognize your cousin and 10 concussions and you’ll commit suicide. This is precisely the point. It’s a scary unknown. Welker is no longer just a football player, he’s a roulette player. His life is on the line.

He’s fine, Ben, calm down.

He’s still able to play, Ben.

Who are you, Ben, to say that a Pro Bowl receiver should consider quitting just because of what-ifs?

I bet Dave Duerson, the former Bear holding a gun to his chest, wished he had at least considered retiring before more hits. Duerson had texted a family member, saying to donate his brain to head-trauma research. Duerson then shot himself. Later, it was discovered he suffered from a disease linked to concussions.

I am not saying Welker is going to do all this. I am saying that we cannot predict the future, but we know one lone way we can prevent future hits. Welker’s mind is fine in 2013. What about 2033?

I spoke Monday to Mark Jackson, previously Denver’s most famous slot receiver, one of the “Three Amigos.”

Jackson was watching Sunday’s game, and when Welker went to return a punt, before the drive Welker was concussed, Jackson said he thought: “Doesn’t Fox or anyone on his staff see that Wes Welker is exhausted? If you see the series before he gets the concussion, he gets the punt and busts (his butt) to get to the sideline on the return. Then they go into the two-minute drill, and when you’re exhausted, your focus is just off, and that sets you up even more for a concussion or a big hit, because you’re not on top of your game.”

Jackson suggested that Welker no longer return punts, and went on to talk about the obvious dangers of playing the slot in the NFL.

“It’s a dangerous position, but you never thought about (concussions),” he said. “For Welker’s sake and the team’s sake, you don’t want him thinking about it. Nothing good can come from that. Two bad things that can come from it — he’s not going to be effective as a player and he could be susceptible to more injuries. That’s the psychology of the game, that’s what separates the amateurs from the pros — pros are able to look at what their objective is, not what reality is. It’s crazy, actually …”

Benjamin Hochman was a sports columnist for The Denver Post until August 2015 before leaving for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, his hometown newspaper. Hochman previously worked for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes for its Hurricane Katrina coverage. Hochman wrote the Katrina-themed book “Fourth and New Orleans,” published in 2007.

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